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The Lightning Network’s First ERC-20 to Bitcoin Atomic Swap Has Taken Place

Thanks to researchers at TenX's CoBloX, the world's first solution for ERC-20-to-bitcoin atomic swaps on Lightning has arrived.

Coinbase Might Be Behind Those 856,000 BTC Worth of Transactions

It seems likely that the recent movement of a large number of bitcoins was just part of a scheduled Coinbase platform maintenance.

Cherry on Top: Bitcoin ABC, Bitmain, Ver Target of Suit Following BCH Split

A suit spearheaded by UnitedCorp is taking legal aim at Bitmain and its cofounder Jihan Wu; Bitcoin.com and its CEO, Roger Ver; Kraken and its CEO, Jesse Powell; and others.

R3 Announces Global Payment App With XRP as Base Currency

R3 has unveiled a new app on their international blockchain, a global payment platform that uses Ripple’s XRP as its initial base currency.

Bitfury Is Implementing Lightning Into Crypto Payment Platform Paytomat

The Bitfury Group has recently announced a partnership with crypto payment processing system Paytomat, working to bring the Lightning Network to Paytomat’s participating merchants.

Bitcoin’s Tech Trends of 2018: What This Year Brought Us (Part 1)

Where 2017’s dizzying price highs embedded “hodl” into the public consciousness, 2018 was the year in which “buidl" became a trend in the crypto-industry — and Bitcoin was no exception.

Week 2: How the Bitcoin Cash “Hash War” Came and Went and Not Much Happened

In this third and final overview: the main takeaways and latest developments of the second week since the Bitcoin Cash split.

One Week Later: The Latest Developments in the Bitcoin Cash Split

Here are the main takeaways and latest developments in the week following the Bitcoin Cash split.

BitPay Integrates PAX Stablecoin Into Cryptocurrency Payment Platform

Bitcoin payment platform BitPay is now going to allow payments with the Paxos Standard token (PAX), which it calls “the fastest growing stablecoin and the highest trading volume of any U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin.”

RSK Merges With New RIF Labs, Opens Potential for Increased Interoperability

With the merger, RSK is opening the doors of smart contract interoperability, as RIF OS’s framework could allow for RSK to interoperate with other smart contract platforms in the future.

One Day After the Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork: Takeaways and Latest Developments

Bitcoin Cash has now “hard forked” (split) into two different coins: “Bitcoin Cash ABC” (BCH ABC) and “Bitcoin Cash SV” (BCH SV). Here's an overview of where things stand so far.

After the Fork: Here’s How Exchanges Are Dealing With Bitcoin Cash

After yesterday's Bitcoin Cash coin-split, a handful of exchanges have announced that they will be supporting both coins for the time being. Others will wait and see how things develop.

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